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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 23 Oct 17 4.20pm

Originally posted by jamiemartin721

I've worked on a farm, f**k that. I'd rather go back to stacking shelves than work on a farm. Granted its 'honest work', but its ridiculously hard work for next to nothing. They call it honest work, because after 12 hours, all your capable of doing is collapsing into sleep.

Except of course in calfing or lambing season, when its 24 hour days.

The only people who dream about being farmers are people who've never worked on a farm.

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Originally posted by jamiemartin721

Humans aren't really the dominant species. That belongs to bacterial life and viral lifeforms. We're odd in that we're an apex predator (in terms of how we consume other species) only on the basis of our tools.

That's the odd thing about humans, they're actually not evolved for anything in particular, and that oddly makes them very adaptable, by not specialising.

I don't see it that way at all.

We are the most evolved creature ever. Our brains and dexterity are advantages that clearly trump any other over the 2 million years we have existed and have allowed us greater adaptability to various environments.

We dominate not by numbers but by the ability to and control the environment, deliberately or otherwise, like no other species ever.


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Originally posted by Lyons550

What a fabulous argument you put forward

I see but yet another rant about communism in answer to any topic...

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 23 Oct 17 4.26pm

Originally posted by steeleye20

I see but yet another rant about communism in answer to any topic...

What is the obsession with communism on here all about?

 

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Originally posted by nickgusset

What is the obsession with communism on here all about?

Maybe it's got something to do with the Labour party being run by Marxists.

 


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Originally posted by steeleye20

I see but yet another rant about communism in answer to any topic...

No different to yours against Capitalism...i do love the hypochricy of some on here...it makes threads somewhat entertaining.

For my twopeneth, no system is perfect...and I think that's the point we could all argue to the cows come home re positives and negatives (depending on what side of the fence you sit) but the real solution would be to find another way that is not only inclusive, but also rewards effort so those more inclined to put the effort in then gain more out of it; otherwise where's the incentive?

 


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Originally posted by Kermit8



There are many, many tens of millions and more who would love to 'regress' and own a bit of land
to be farming rather than working all hours in monotonous jobs in hot conditions and six days a week in factories and sweatshops, well away from their families, helping to produce the goods to satiate the demands of a throwaway, consumerist capitalist system in richer lands faraway.

A simpler slower existence maybe but we enjoy so much through the system that has evolved. There will always be winners and losers but that cannot be changed. All that can change is the level at which the poorest exist. The distribution of wealth could be a lot fairer. The conditions in which we often work are not conducive to biological ideals but it is a trade off.

What would you give up for a slower, easier life for everyone?

 

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hedgehog50 Flag Croydon 23 Oct 17 4.30pm

Originally posted by steeleye20

You would say that, but not have an answer to the points.

Whereas your learned answer is to say 'rubbish'!

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 23 Oct 17 4.30pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Maybe it's got something to do with the Labour party being run by Marxists.

On a social democratic platform.

 

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Originally posted by nickgusset

On a social democratic platform.

Sure, but Marxists all the same.

 


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hedgehog50 Flag Croydon 23 Oct 17 4.55pm

Originally posted by nickgusset

On a social democratic platform.

Lenin used to call his party the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party at first ...

 


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Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Maybe it's got something to do with the Labour party being run by Marxists.


It isn't but so what anyway.

If it was marxist and made sense it would be ok by me.

Other posters here sorry but I am quite happy to consider other systems, ranting on every day about commies and marxists in answer to every subject is ridiculous.

I doubt if marx is relevant today personally but that's up to me.

 

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